Jan 27 2014
Our first week!
The first thing that we noticed when we arrived in Cape Town was the beautiful weather, next what a beautiful place it is. After getting to the volunteer house, settling in, meeting the other volunteers and having a traditional South African meal of bobotie, we all crashed out to sleep off the flight and be ready for our projects in the morning.
The next morning we got up bright and early to have our first experience of South African public transport. We got on a crowded minibus-taxi to the train station and then took the train to Muizenberg. The train ride was amazing with a stunning view of the sea and beaches all the way from Fish Hoek to Muizenberg.Once we arrived at our project and met Ant and Maddy we were ready for our first surf! Luca gave us our first surfing lesson and we all managed to stand up before the session was over (a few seconds counts!).
After exploring Muizenberg and a bit of lunch it was time to meet the kids for the first time. The kids were great at surfing – defo better then us and we were all really impressed!
Time to hit the waves!
Getting ready to surf
The next few days we worked on our surfing, played soccer and went hiking with the Muizenberg Beach Club kids. The hiking was great as we got to see a bit of the surrounding area we probably wouldn’t have otherwise – Kleinplaas Dam was beautiful and also gave us a chance to chat to the kids a bit more and get to know them better.
Frankie, Anton and Godfrey
Asi, Mike, Yanga and Freddie hiking!
The guys!
Phantom and the guys playing soccer
We had a great weekend relaxing and soaking up the sun. We celebrated Australia Day and had a party at the volunteer house with burgers, games and a waterslide! We are all very excited to be in South Africa and are looking forward to the next few weeks working with Muizenberg Beach Club!
Wednesday did offer a great day for out-door! Spending some hours surfing and then fresh up and get some lunch really put you in a good mood. I was excited to meet the MBC members for the first time and today it was soccer on the schedule. You could really tell that they had arrived because of all the energy they had. It was a nice time playing soccer with the kids and time flew by while being all into the game. Some of them are very competitive, still it’s all for fun and not so serious. It was so cute when one of the boys told me I was a good soccer player, it’s a sport I like but haven’t been playing for many years. That’s what I love about MBC, you get to do all of these activities you wouldn´t do at home. Tomorrow we have the surfing with the kids and on Friday we are going on a hike to the Devils Peak. Hope the weather will be on our side. I did expect it to be a lot warmer here now, but because of the wind and the fact that it´s only the start of the summer you still need to wear warm clothes. However, next week it’s predicted to be sunnier. Compared to Sweden where I come from it is a lot better weather, I don’t miss the autumn at home now!